I consider "Fuel" one of the most underrated rock bands in history. They definitely deserved a lot more recognition than they have to date. "Shimmer", for example, is without a doubt one of the best songs of the entire post-grunge era.
The funny thing is that Hemorrhage (in my hands) was actually their peak. That is crazy, because they had so much good music over the years. "Shimmer" will always be my favorite though. It has such a great sound, plus I connect with the story. Damn Fuel was good.
Exactly, don't believe in antichrist when he says peace with His nueralink device, repent to God who offers true peace having overcome the curse of sin and death.
My best friend of 30 years passed away September 20th at 5:30pm from cancer. It’s been 2 days of constant mourning but today I started listening to his favorite songs and remember how much he loved this song. I dunno. Love that guy.
Try a slightly abrasive toothpaste. Rub in circles from middle to the edges. Rinse well. Dry with a microfiber cloth. If that doesn't totally work run a light film of Vaseline on it. Then burn a copy immediately. I've done it it works. 😊😊 Good luck🍀🍀
Man... I'm profoundly sorry for your loss... praying for you to find peace and comfort in this time of sudden loss. You have someone on the inside now, lookin out for ya. ✌️🤟
RIP man, hope you feel better man. I lost someone close to me in March of 2022 and I still can't think about it without getting upset. I don't think you will ever be over it, and that's a good thing.
Probably. But the reason why I feel the 90’s were special was because it was the last decade before technology and social media ruined so much shit. It was the last time where people actually hung out with each other. Not fucking glued to their god damn phone all the time. It was the last decade where parks were filled with people playing basketball. Kids riding around in their bikes. And so much more. That simply doesn’t exist anymore. That’s why the 90’s are so special.
Hell ya franky jas. $5 bill get u a pack Marlboros and 20oz mountain dew after school. 16 years old. And get change back. Lol. Cruising Main Street with radio cranked up in our old shitbox feeling on top of the world
This song is a masterpiece in terms of songwriting. The way it progresses slowly and then boom, in comes the distortion and drums, while pre chorus and chorus go back in forth in different directions. It’s like 2 separate songs combined into one. Love it. Extremely underrated song.
I found this song mid way threw a bad opioid addiction.. I’m happy to say that it kept me alive and I’m sober as I have ever been in my life today. No heroin, no pills, no cigarettes, no alcohol, no weed nothing. Completely sober!!!
It was ! I lived it born in 85 and man the music was good we had classic rock , plus this new stuff coming out and a lot good pop alt stuff plus the Seattle sound and Tupac and biggie and Wu tang plus the older rap sir mix alot etc.. like you said the last great musical generation 😢 untill the boy bands came 2000’s killed the radio
@@pandorasstankbox7769 actually Lars was right. Free music killed the industry. I made fun of him at the time but he was 100 percent right on the effect. Look at the bands we have now, all pre Napster, or they don’t last
2001. 16 Years old flying down the road coming home from high school in my first beater car with this blasting and the windows down. You ever feel like you've lived several lifetimes?
this song has it all...beautiful lyrics, smooth transitions, energy, deep emotion, feel, a transending bridge...and the harsh realization of what was, is, and what can never be is simply magnificent.
A girl I had a crush on in highschool printed out the lyrics to this song on a piece of paper and gave it to me as sort of a "we'll never be together, but we almost were" message
@imageword5576 reminds me of my ex. We were an almost but an almost isn't "it" 😢 That, my friend, is why it was hard to let go and stay away but I did....slowly but surely.
It absolutely brings back memories.....memories to when I was divorced, and I had a 2 year old baby boy with my ex wife. To cut the story short, we got back together and after about 2 years of seperation, the 2 year old is now 26, he finished college about a year ago, and now he live in Jacksonville. Life worked out ok.
The 90s were so terribly magical. Everyone was feeling everything and nothing as the world changed around them. This was definitely an anthem for me. Like an audial time machine.
Everything fades- youth, happiness, love, pain, faith, family and all your hopeful ideals for the world and your life. I will never give up my hope for better. ❤
Im 23 and makes me cry to think about. This type of music is gone forever. We let the best thing get away. I miss the era i clearly missed out on. You were so lucky to grow up with real raw music with real talent.
Was 13 when this song came out. My friends and I used build skateboard ramps in my friends garage and skateboard all day with this cd on repeat. Man I miss the 90s so much. Such simple and content times😢😢
This song was the first song I listened to in the Marines because when I was stationed in Afghanistan we played this sound with a acoustic guitar my sergeant had we'd all gather around And watch him play and sing it until he died on my last deployment. Since then we honor him by playing this song at his familys house and remember him. Semper Fi
I won't lie, this is one of the few songs I cry to. I remember clicking with this one instantly the first time I heard it. Something about this song reminds me of hard times and makes me grateful I had music like this to connect with and get me through. Sometimes life is hard and love is really painful. That's what makes it life, and I'm glad music is there to pick me up in those hard times. To Fuel, thanks for this gem-- your work does not go unappreciated.
I have heard this song on the radio and on my dad's playlist but never knew the name. Today in my english class my teacher gives us a poem to analyse. The poem was called shimmer. We identified all of the literary devices and what the poem does well. Then he put the song on and I was mind blown.
This was a hard song to find back in the day, what with Staind having a song called "So Far Away" and Three Doors Down all over the radio with "Be Like That", whose bridge sounds like the chorus to this song but on morphine. At some point, I was convinced this song didn't exist, that I had just imagined it. Boy was I happy to be proven wrong.
NCS... didn't expect to find you here of all places. I used to watch you all the time when I was younger. I remember I discovered you in the middle of your Majora's Mask playthrough. Sorry to go on a tangent, seeing your username just reminded me of a much simpler time. I hope you're doing well, I just discovered this song and fell in love with it.
When I was suffering from crippling anxiety and panic disorder, and thought about killing myself, I listened to this song and made it through one more day.
Back when this song first came out I was planning to kill myself and I planned to have this song playing on a loop while I died. The line "everything that shimmers is sure to fade away again" really expressed how I felt back then.
She calls me from the cold Just when I was low, feeling short of stable And all that she intends And all she keeps inside, isn't on the label She says she's ashamed And can she take me for awhile? Can I be a friend, we'll forget the past Maybe I'm not able And I break at the bend We're here and now, but will we ever be again 'Cause I have found All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade Away again She dreams a champagne dream Strawberry surprise, pink linen and white paper Lavender and cream Fields of butterflies, reality escapes her She says that love is for fools who fall behind And I'm somewhere in between I never really know A killer from a savior 'Til I break at the bend We're here and now, but will we ever be again 'Cause I have found All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade Away again It's too far away for me to hold It's too far away It's too far away for me to hold It's too far away It's too far away for me to hold It's too far away It's too far away for me to hold It's too far away It's too far away for me to hold It's too far away It's too far away for me to hold It's too far away Guess I'll let it go
This song is absolutely timeless, it never gets old no matter how many times you listen to it. A testament to how amazing it is and how underrated the band Fuel is.
I’m turning 41 man. Trust me I know how you feel my dude. I’d be friends with you just because you know the feeling I have that I can’t explain to people no matter how hard I try.
This song holds a lot of heartfelt memories for me. Described my emotional life back in my late teens/early 20s. Reconnecting with this song brings all of those feelings flooding back, but now in my late 30s, I appreciate the beauty of this song and how it allowed me to see internally on so many occasions. Music is emotion. Music is beauty.
here recently i just started going back to older songs that i didn't really listen to. i was a hip-hop type growing up and my environment kinda lead me to listen to one form of music. but i appreciate all music now that i'm older. and this song has so much heart and emotion. one of my favs at the moment.
I was literally in HS when this song came out, became popular, and somehow faded behind other bands songs that had a more mainstream or catchy vibe. But it's lasted, and stood the test of time. The essence alone of this track encompasses the 90's better than any other song. A great time, and one we all miss. 9/11 changed our generation, and not for the better. It stole our innocence, our future, and our hearts.
The nostalgia causes me physical pain. Life was far from perfect, but that magic was still around in the 90’s. Glad I got to experience it. Fuel was so good
Wow, do I miss this bygone era. I graduated in 2000, and miss very much the pre-9/11 America and music. This takes me back to growing up in northeast Indiana, and listening to 98.9 The Bear. A time where songs like these, STP, Days Of The New, Creed and other bands of the such were the jams. Great memories of that time. It is sad to see where rock has went to in going on 17 years. I miss the days when you could get in your vehicle, turn the radio on and hear good rock music, instead of this watered down crap you hear today.
Jason Dailey...class of 2002 here!! Was thinking about making a 90's cover band..think people would like it? Seen an 80s cover band that is uber popular...why not 90's? Highly under rated time for music...
Sometimes I wonder.. What it must feel like to have the ability to express feelings so deep, so beautifully.. Are you aware at the moment, how many people, for how long, you are going to affect? What a timeless masterpiece. God bless the people that use his blessings to touch others souls. Hell.. I'm not even religious. Listen to me go. I told you I wAnder. Best of luck to all of you. Remember, lifes short. Enjoy it.
"She says that love / is for fools that fall behind" That one line will forever associate this tune with 'that one girl'. I wanted her. She loved it, but would always run away; maybe b/c what I brought scared her. I'd get over her (sorta), and then she'd come back into my orbit when whoever she was with/chasing didn't work out, but stayed "too far away for me to hold". And once we finally got together she did her best to make sure it wouldn't work. And then it was over. Two years now. "Guess I'll let it go...."
It's like this era of musicians knew it was going to end, and they were the last of the greats but wouldn't be easily remembered except by us who were there.
I was born in 2005 but reading these comments gives me a sense of wanting to feel the nostalgia other people explain. I want it. I wish I lived in the 90s. damn.
Nostalgia is weird, it's getting sad from the thought of happy memories. Wait till you're 30, you will look back to being 15 and such. You are in the best years of your life right now and that's where the nostalgia will come later in life
@@joebeast15 Im speaking in general, most people in high school always complain about how they hate it and just want to hurry and be an adult but those are usually the best times of your life. When you have friends always around you and are carefree. I know everyone's situation but id says a large majority thinks like that. There's nothing better than being young and experiencing everything for the first time before you know it you're working everyday and never see the people you were once so close with.
@@Born2ShitForced2Wipe oh for sure. Getting older is both great and soul sucking. It sucks not seeing the people that were so important to you when you were younger. They become strangers with their own lives and their own concerns. It’s the way of things though.
One of the best bands ever. I took my five-year-old to see them 20 years ago. He sat on his daddy’s shoulders and knew every song by heart. They signed our entire CD. It was the best day ever. I think this is my actual favorite band ever.
@@emmarose4789 Why would you place a word that is composed of all capital letters in a sentence if it is not an acronym? That seems less THEN appropriate...correction denied!
My mom used to crank this song in the car everywhere we went. Now every time I play it, it gives me a heart warming feeling that brings me back to those days.
Been doing the same lately. And you are correct. Just hit so much harder now when you go back and listen. I read a quote recently that said "when you are happy you enjoy the melody, but when you're broken you understand the lyrics". That hit me at my core!
Sonny Justin Bieber posted a photo of him and his girlfriend captioned "feels". Obviously, it doesn't make sense, but that kid has next to no education, so it's not a big surprise. Anyway, people starting using it to describe feeling sentimental or something. It's really stupid and annoying but people are sheep. I guess they don't mind sounding idiotic as well.
This is real talent! I’m seriously stuck in the 90’s. Don’t need tic tok dragging me down along with snap chat! Please let me sit in peace reading books, listening to amazing music! Thank you very much!! :)
There was something really grown up about alternative music in mid and late 90s and I miss it so much and wish we had it all over again. After this it became very juvenile with, blink 182, sum 41 and such, not that I didn't enjoy it but it becomes unrelated-able where this is timeless yet at the same time you know it's 90s. Love it, just love it especially since I can relate to this song completely.
Sorry but Blink 182 sucks. Okay, maybe they don't completely suck, but they aren't great. You are looking at them emotionally because you remember them as a kid. Sum 41 was okay, but nothing spectacular.
+Henry TheGreatAmerican that's the whole deal brotha all these late 90s 00' bands were mediocre that's not to say they weren't talented and kinda groovy but all the same mediocre, once a genre peaks it gets watered down until u reach the current.
It sad that this song gets no airplay but it does for me it take a person to live thru what he sayin to appreciate it. im living thru it now my ex she doesnt believe in love but believe love from me but i gotta make the extra step but she has to first especially all the shit she put me thru here now will we be ever be again all i found all that shimmers in this world is sure to fade is to far away for me to hold but not to her.
![Goo Goo Dolls - Slide [Official Music Video]](/img/1.gif)
One of the greatest songs ever.
100% agree
💯💯💯💯
lol
Written by Carl, not Brett...
I consider "Fuel" one of the most underrated rock bands in history.
They definitely deserved a lot more recognition than they have to date.
"Shimmer", for example, is without a doubt one of the best songs of the entire post-grunge era.
Você é Brasileiro? Kkkkk
The funny thing is that Hemorrhage (in my hands) was actually their peak. That is crazy, because they had so much good music over the years. "Shimmer" will always be my favorite though. It has such a great sound, plus I connect with the story. Damn Fuel was good.
@@Danielson1818 i prefer "Nothing"
@@Danielson1818 I like their Porcelain EP, I wanted to find a copy of this EP for sale on CD, but I don't think it exists anymore
@@Amaralde Damn. That must be rare, because I've never heard of it. Does that one still have Brett as singer?
This cd in the player, twisted metal in the PlayStation and a bottle of Mountain Dew. Little did we know it would never get any better.
Well said. You took the words out of my mouth
dude thats kinda depressing come to Dallas we'll show you a good time. mountain dew aint gonna cut it though
Gosh I miss twisted metal!!!
We need a twisted metal reboot.
@@mikeyjames6808 dude thanks I would love to take you up on that sometime! Got family in Texas (Huffman?) But never made it down there!
All that shimmers in the world is sure to fade away. One of the truest statements ever.
Sad but true
I want to go back to the 90’s. 😢
All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade is a good line but they forgot about the thing that does not...The Soul.
@@carbon6390our Jesus
Exactly, don't believe in antichrist when he says peace with His nueralink device, repent to God who offers true peace having overcome the curse of sin and death.
this entire album is A+. Fuel was VERY underrated IMO.
Still listening to it in 2022
Hell yes I am
my dad always listened to fuel when i was a kid so ive always been a fan since I was like 7
U could go see them at welcome to Rockville in Daytona beach may 19th
Same
Seeing them tonight at a free concert! Super stoked!
My best friend of 30 years passed away September 20th at 5:30pm from cancer. It’s been 2 days of constant mourning but today I started listening to his favorite songs and remember how much he loved this song. I dunno. Love that guy.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm glad you can find comfort in this rockin' song!
Sorry for your loss mate, sure he is looking after you now.
May your friend rest in peace....
I feel you my mom passed from cancer as well on October 22 . Sucks but hang in there my friend your not alone
Sorry man, amazing that your honoring/connecting with him still. Stay strong.
I’m 42 and my Fuel CD has been scratched for years.. yet I will never part 🤘🏼
I bought a few copies from various thrift shops.
Same. 58 years young
Fuel? Filter? Still too far away, 71 never gets old
Try a slightly abrasive toothpaste. Rub in circles from middle to the edges. Rinse well. Dry with a microfiber cloth. If that doesn't totally work run a light film of Vaseline on it. Then burn a copy immediately. I've done it it works. 😊😊 Good luck🍀🍀
Sexy cougar to 😍
The last song my brother sent me before he passed away of a heart attack Tuesday morning. I’ll cherish this band forever. Rest in peace brotha
Hey I'm sorry for your loss. Take care of yourself
That is so sad! RIP
Man... I'm profoundly sorry for your loss... praying for you to find peace and comfort in this time of sudden loss. You have someone on the inside now, lookin out for ya. ✌️🤟
RIP man, hope you feel better man. I lost someone close to me in March of 2022 and I still can't think about it without getting upset. I don't think you will ever be over it, and that's a good thing.
😢So very sorry for your loss. Praying you find peace in your memories of him. 🙏🙏❤❤
Adulting sucks, enjoy being a kid while you still can. I'm only 36 and sick of it wish I could go back to these days.
I agree with you.
Same.
@MrExicutioner
52 here, and it sucks even more!!
Enjoy every moment of being young.
Life is here very quick.and gone quick so in essence you are never old
I'm 36. Look fondly to this era of your lives. Listen to the music and let it take you back. But enjoy your life now!
Nobody could explain the 90s vibe, but we all agree that the music was different, pure and real...
Home….. The 90’s feels like home.
if you were not there, of course you cannot explain the vibe. i was & i can & i am a nobody nowhere with nothing to loose. lol
It’s feels so nice to find people that understand this very sentiment. What a great time it was. I’m 40. So this was my time.
Probably. But the reason why I feel the 90’s were special was because it was the last decade before technology and social media ruined so much shit. It was the last time where people actually hung out with each other. Not fucking glued to their god damn phone all the time. It was the last decade where parks were filled with people playing basketball. Kids riding around in their bikes. And so much more. That simply doesn’t exist anymore. That’s why the 90’s are so special.
Hell ya franky jas. $5 bill get u a pack Marlboros and 20oz mountain dew after school. 16 years old. And get change back. Lol. Cruising Main Street with radio cranked up in our old shitbox feeling on top of the world
This song is a masterpiece in terms of songwriting. The way it progresses slowly and then boom, in comes the distortion and drums, while pre chorus and chorus go back in forth in different directions. It’s like 2 separate songs combined into one. Love it. Extremely underrated song.
True have this song on loop right now 👍
Love your comment! 90s kid here, I love Fuel!!!
I agree. The structure of the song is way different than from the norm, love it
Agree, so polished and well done all the way around
Masterpiece, no less. 100%
Group hug from yall people from the comment section. This song hits us hard. Oh life.
Hug u back❤
HUGSSSSS
Yes. Same
Loved the song in seventh/eighth grade. Had to live life to understand the lyrics. Hugs all around.
I found this song mid way threw a bad opioid addiction.. I’m happy to say that it kept me alive and I’m sober as I have ever been in my life today. No heroin, no pills, no cigarettes, no alcohol, no weed nothing. Completely sober!!!
A big congrats 👏🙌!!!!!!
Good for you man 🤙🏽🤟🏽
Great Job! Keep it up.
You're the man 👊 excellent work brother
That’s awesome. I don’t know you, but I fully get it and therefore I am so proud of you.
The more I listen to songs like this, the more I think that the 90's was the last great era.
definitely creatively
It was ! I lived it born in 85 and man the music was good we had classic rock , plus this new stuff coming out and a lot good pop alt stuff plus the Seattle sound and Tupac and biggie and Wu tang plus the older rap sir mix alot etc.. like you said the last great musical generation 😢 untill the boy bands came 2000’s killed the radio
Early 2k songs was the last great era for music for me.
@@pandorasstankbox7769 actually Lars was right. Free music killed the industry. I made fun of him at the time but he was 100 percent right on the effect. Look at the bands we have now, all pre Napster, or they don’t last
Absolutely!
2001. 16 Years old flying down the road coming home from high school in my first beater car with this blasting and the windows down. You ever feel like you've lived several lifetimes?
Sounds like the life brother
@@Drewskii59 The utterly SHIMMERING "Nebra Sky Disk" from 3 millennia ago!
Ryan Sullivan i was 15 riding my skateboard from school with a cd player bulging out my jacket. Feeling young n free. Cheers brother
when it all still shimmered
Ahhh taking me back!!!
As I'm flooded with nostalgia, I can't help but think- every rich 70 year old would give it all back to be 20 and poor.
This is the deepest comment I have ever read on RUclips!!! You are so on point!!!
this song has it all...beautiful lyrics, smooth transitions, energy, deep emotion, feel, a transending bridge...and the harsh realization of what was, is, and what can never be is simply magnificent.
This comment is such a beautiful description of this song 😍
Well said.
Agreed
definitely true
@@raptorcheese9246 Or you could say it wasn't overproduced like stuff today. More natural.
It's not just nostalgia.. The 90s were really a purer, more heart-driven era full of feeling.
So true
Was an 80s myself happier 90s more depressed but great song
Kevin G lol maybe.. its not just rose tinted glasses though..
Absofuckinlutely
You must have never heard underground music if you think this is true. You cant judge music by hollywood and mtv.
God the 90s almost feel like a dream I woke up from and can’t get back to. Who else just closes there eyes, listens, and try’s to drift back?
Almost every single day.
Me, the world was still new and full of surprises. Now it’s crap and I would kill to go back!
❤ ruclips.net/video/8rWSr-nesWc/видео.html
Oh my fucking god. I can’t agree with you more. I miss the 90’s so much. I’d do anything to come back to it.
Must be nice
This is not a song.
Its a poem.
💯
A girl I had a crush on in highschool printed out the lyrics to this song on a piece of paper and gave it to me as sort of a "we'll never be together, but we almost were" message
that's what a song is a poem set to music
we know, bro, we know
correction it's a bro'em
@imageword5576 reminds me of my ex. We were an almost but an almost isn't "it" 😢
That, my friend, is why it was hard to let go and stay away but I did....slowly but surely.
one of the greatest songs ever written
It touches your heart like a feather landing on a swinging sledgehammer
banana man
Real bro
zilla music taste is elite
Love your work bro, plus your music taste is impeccable my DAWG!!
This song is so damn deep for those of us who have lost everything we have ever worked for.
It's a crushing lose, especially when your parents are lost too.
or loved
Well just give up.
@@glennericdailey1263 😐
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎸
Brings back memories.... Time is a fickle thing isn't it?
Going through a breakup and yeah... I feel this comment on a spiritual level.
nah not really its actually quite consistent
6 years
For me now it's a little nostalgic
time is a thief
It absolutely brings back memories.....memories to when I was divorced, and I had a 2 year old baby boy with my ex wife. To cut the story short, we got back together and after about 2 years of seperation, the 2 year old is now 26, he finished college about a year ago, and now he live in Jacksonville. Life worked out ok.
Listening to this song to mourn my dog who passed away a few days ago. It's helping.
Nothing worse than losing a best friend. Focus on the awesome life you gave him, instead of just the loss of a friend.
I'm so sorry for your loss😢
I'm sorry.
Sorry to hear that, my condolences. You will always have the memories 👍.
Soo sorry. That's pain.
they dont make music like this anymore. Man, I miss the 90s
I miss the 90's too. So much. Cheers to a simpler time xoxo
Yea but we got mumble rap and dubstep now. Would you really want to go back to a time without mumble rap and dubstep?
There was so much of it and mainstream. Was nuts
Music is just so generic now. Its not that its bad necessarily, its just that its not good either. Its just whatever.
THey do. You just have to know where to look.
Bullets & Bronze - give it two months
The 90s were so terribly magical. Everyone was feeling everything and nothing as the world changed around them. This was definitely an anthem for me. Like an audial time machine.
Beautiful, you seriously said it! Wish we could go back to those days
I miss it all the time
90s was just full of raw talent. Every genre was on fire. You could say it was the peak for music in that era.
FACTS
Spot on.
The 90's are now too far away for me to hold. Too far away.
word.
You have no idea how true your comment is.
It's practically a lifetime ago!
Long live the 90s.
Everything fades- youth, happiness, love, pain, faith, family and all your hopeful ideals for the world and your life. I will never give up my hope for better. ❤
I hope you did something in your life. Learned to be great at a profession or business. Otherwise you life was wasted.
I'm 52 and old enough to realize this Era was the end of Rock's reign.
Im 23 and makes me cry to think about. This type of music is gone forever. We let the best thing get away. I miss the era i clearly missed out on. You were so lucky to grow up with real raw music with real talent.
@@Gondalicanot gone you just have to look harder. Just doesn’t get recognized
@@duncanmaccollom361 nah good music is gone
I'm 62... ❤
Got that right
In this time of crisis, I recommend going on a 90s alt binge. And keep yourselves safe and healthy if you can.
dquaidman this is exactly what I’ve been doing🙌❤️
Sound advice
I go on a 90's binge at least once every few months lol
It's all that's got me through 2020.
Yesss! It’s helping so much! Thanks!
In my opinion, this is the best jam they ever made. This song is too good.
Agreed!
Agreed. When this song comes on the ipod I immediately hit the repeat button and end up listening to it for like an hour. Love it.
Supah Bluu my favorite fuel song is probably empty spaces or last time.
This is a great song, but Sunburn is my all-time favorite Fuel song.
Supah Bluu damn... might be hemorrhage!? This is still good but...
Was 13 when this song came out. My friends and I used build skateboard ramps in my friends garage and skateboard all day with this cd on repeat. Man I miss the 90s so much. Such simple and content times😢😢
Nice name Adam bomb wwe? 311 another great 90's band
“She says that love is for fools who fall behind, and I’m somewhere in between” 😔
My favorite line!
Mine too ❤
Always been my favorite line ever
This song is still absolutely amazing in 2021
Always will be amazing 👏
Oh the memories!
Reality escapes her.
@@rachelmarshall2750 I agree. An insanely good performance, the vocals on this track will always stand the test of time. A classic.
Yyyyup💪😎
Goosebumps and chills. Absolutely nostalgic.
:(
317andrew317 exactly!! goosebumps and chills!
317andrew317 frisson
Heck yeah
.
This song was the first song I listened to in the Marines because when I was stationed in Afghanistan we played this sound with a acoustic guitar my sergeant had we'd all gather around And watch him play and sing it until he died on my last deployment. Since then we honor him by playing this song at his familys house and remember him. Semper Fi
thank you for your sacrifice 🇺🇸
I won't lie, this is one of the few songs I cry to. I remember clicking with this one instantly the first time I heard it. Something about this song reminds me of hard times and makes me grateful I had music like this to connect with and get me through. Sometimes life is hard and love is really painful. That's what makes it life, and I'm glad music is there to pick me up in those hard times. To Fuel, thanks for this gem-- your work does not go unappreciated.
Makes me almost cry.... Sniffle....
What really hits you hard is when you realize your dreams of youth were mostly just shimmering fantasies. We keep pressing on though.
I have heard this song on the radio and on my dad's playlist but never knew the name. Today in my english class my teacher gives us a poem to analyse. The poem was called shimmer. We identified all of the literary devices and what the poem does well. Then he put the song on and I was mind blown.
Your teacher is a badass.
That's cool
That’s awesome! Can you tell me some of those literary devices? Example?
Yeah if u u think about it……every song that has existed….its just a poem that has music playing. Its crazy to know if it’s just a poem or is it a song
Definitely my all time favorites. I dont think it will ever get old to me, its an awesome song
This was a hard song to find back in the day, what with Staind having a song called "So Far Away" and Three Doors Down all over the radio with "Be Like That", whose bridge sounds like the chorus to this song but on morphine. At some point, I was convinced this song didn't exist, that I had just imagined it. Boy was I happy to be proven wrong.
None of this exists...its all someone elses day dream...
NCS... didn't expect to find you here of all places. I used to watch you all the time when I was younger. I remember I discovered you in the middle of your Majora's Mask playthrough. Sorry to go on a tangent, seeing your username just reminded me of a much simpler time.
I hope you're doing well, I just discovered this song and fell in love with it.
I saw FUEL play with Three Doors Down.
@@spaceracer23 Me too. Think it was 2000 or 2001.
Bro you just explained my life to every song I try to look for
When I was suffering from crippling anxiety and panic disorder, and thought about killing myself, I listened to this song and made it through one more day.
Back when this song first came out I was planning to kill myself and I planned to have this song playing on a loop while I died. The line "everything that shimmers is sure to fade away again" really expressed how I felt back then.
Stick around, those thoughts are just temporary. I take meds, for the samething.
@@johnk.2508 glad you're feeling better, guess we all have these temporary thoughts.
This is a very powerful song indeed...beautiful in fact, fuel were the last great american rock band.
glad you all are still here.
She calls me from the cold
Just when I was low, feeling short of stable
And all that she intends
And all she keeps inside, isn't on the label
She says she's ashamed
And can she take me for awhile?
Can I be a friend, we'll forget the past
Maybe I'm not able
And I break at the bend
We're here and now, but will we ever be again
'Cause I have found
All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade
Away again
She dreams a champagne dream
Strawberry surprise, pink linen and white paper
Lavender and cream
Fields of butterflies, reality escapes her
She says that love is for fools who fall behind
And I'm somewhere in between
I never really know
A killer from a savior
'Til I break at the bend
We're here and now, but will we ever be again
'Cause I have found
All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade
Away again
It's too far away for me to hold
It's too far away
It's too far away for me to hold
It's too far away
It's too far away for me to hold
It's too far away
It's too far away for me to hold
It's too far away
It's too far away for me to hold
It's too far away
It's too far away for me to hold
It's too far away
Guess I'll let it go
Was looking for this in the comments ❤
Thank u ❤
The hero we needed
I can't believe how underrated this band was
One of the best lines in music "She says that love is for fools that fall behind" So true
Who feels like you will never get bored of listening to this?
One of the hardest lessons in life
I listen everyday
Zzzzzz .....
When this came out, I was recently divorced with a 10 month old son, but I was in my second childhood somehow. anyways, this was a good one!!!
This song was played so freaking much when it was first out but it never once got old.
SOLID songwriting lasts! Here we are, still celebrating this wonderful song!
@Emily Schultz 2018 Novmeber!!
Thanks to Carl Bell. Fuel ain't so great these days without Carl. Songwriting has suffered significantly.
Driving on I-17 with my girlfriend and her best friend in my 94 toyota pickup in 1998. All 3 singing and loving life! Thanks Fuel for the memories.
This song is absolutely timeless, it never gets old no matter how many times you listen to it. A testament to how amazing it is and how underrated the band Fuel is.
Def agree
Beatles would sht themselves if they heard this
FACTS
I was 14 when this song came out. I'm going to be 40 this year...God, I'd go back in a heartbeat...
I’m turning 41 man. Trust me I know how you feel my dude. I’d be friends with you just because you know the feeling I have that I can’t explain to people no matter how hard I try.
I feel you. 40 here missing the fuck out of my past ,things were easier then, heartfelt pure .
Had to of been 16 in 98
@@joelhungerford8388 wow... I'm dumb and can't math. You are correct. I would have been 16.
@@jasonbourne5851 only knew cos I too was 16 in 98
This song holds a lot of heartfelt memories for me. Described my emotional life back in my late teens/early 20s. Reconnecting with this song brings all of those feelings flooding back, but now in my late 30s, I appreciate the beauty of this song and how it allowed me to see internally on so many occasions. Music is emotion. Music is beauty.
Isn't it crazy how one song holds a thousand memories
"too far away for me too hold too far away"
here recently i just started going back to older songs that i didn't really listen to. i was a hip-hop type growing up and my environment kinda lead me to listen to one form of music. but i appreciate all music now that i'm older. and this song has so much heart and emotion. one of my favs at the moment.
VintageMari....you pretty much read my entire mind and we are about the same age. Perfectly said.
VintageMari Well said buddy
Still hits hard! Sigh...gosh I miss my 20's....49 and losing time...
"I have found all that shimmers in this world is sure to fade away".Time proves it to be true.
Every 2-3 years this song works it's way back into my life and it's the only thing I can listen to for about 5 weeks.
Exactly!! Got to listen to it over and over when it comes back in to life !!
Me currently lol
I was literally in HS when this song came out, became popular, and somehow faded behind other bands songs that had a more mainstream or catchy vibe. But it's lasted, and stood the test of time. The essence alone of this track encompasses the 90's better than any other song. A great time, and one we all miss. 9/11 changed our generation, and not for the better. It stole our innocence, our future, and our hearts.
I say this all the time 911 brought a screeching halt to the good times of the 90s
You couldn't have said it better!
@@nomaderic Can't believe we're 22 years removed from it all. They were good times though weren't they?
@@tornadohunter1054 Amen brother!
well it's gettin play now! 🔉🔊 it's been buried only to 🌻rise again 😎
💯💯💯💯
"Here and now, will we ever be again."
Masterpiece.❤
This song is now 20 years old and still pure sonic perfection
20 Years later and I'm still listening to this. I'm old.
I'm here wit you
It's all good bro, this kind of art never dies brother
Now i feel old too
All I listen to is death metal..... And this
I opened for em 2010 Rocklahoma,,last big show before hanging it up. Scallions the shit, really nice guy..yeah 63 now, but what a fucking ride,,
Say what you want, this is an amazingly catchy and well constructed song. It has like 3 choruses lol
I agree Danny
I loved this song back in the day, but now I’m 42 and it hits different. A lot that shimmered in the world has faded away.
God bless
Enjoy every moment because one day it’ll be just a memory.
I have some memories I would like to forget and that is why I try to enjoy the wonderful moments. Have a beautiful life!
no truer words have never been spoken !!!! well said!!
The nostalgia causes me physical pain. Life was far from perfect, but that magic was still around in the 90’s. Glad I got to experience it. Fuel was so good
we're all the same
You sent that strait home, with the street lights...😒
Wow, do I miss this bygone era. I graduated in 2000, and miss very much the pre-9/11 America and music. This takes me back to growing up in northeast Indiana, and listening to 98.9 The Bear. A time where songs like these, STP, Days Of The New, Creed and other bands of the such were the jams. Great memories of that time. It is sad to see where rock has went to in going on 17 years. I miss the days when you could get in your vehicle, turn the radio on and hear good rock music, instead of this watered down crap you hear today.
What High School? I was born and raised in Fort Wayne and graduated in 2000. Love this music. So many songs bring back memories of better days
RomansEight31 Amen brother! I lived in Berne all of my life until 2001. I graduated from South Adams in 2000.
Randy Clark we came up to visit in July and I noticed that. Lol, that is all most of the Nashville and Huntsville radio stations are also.
2003 here,
down further south of Indy though. From Columbus.
Jason Dailey...class of 2002 here!! Was thinking about making a 90's cover band..think people would like it? Seen an 80s cover band that is uber popular...why not 90's? Highly under rated time for music...
Happy 45th to my old party mate Emma from the 90s. Have a brilliant day with your hubby and kids.
Memories last a life time, hope you doing good.
I accidentally found this song and it sounds beautiful, this deserves more views and recognition
Welcome to the 90s friend
"cause i have found ..all that shimmers in this world is sure to fade..away..again" so true
Gives me the feeling of appreciating the moment. Everything that shimmers in the world will one day fade.
So my hubby just had open heart surgery.. he’s doing great.. married 31 years and we will always live FUEL!!!
Memories!!!! The BEST thing about Music... No-One Can Take That Away....
I agree. Good times like these.
+Kristina Yardley i agree with that good time 90 music life on 4 ever :)
+Kristina Yardley Yes indeed!
Great place to go hide when times seem to become overbearing.
Kristina Yardley so true never thought about that.
'She says that love is for fools who fall behind'.
Love this lyric and the way it's sung!
So beautiful to see these comments. Warm hearted people come together and listen to amazing music. cheers everyone!
agree
kudos
It's awesome, and strangely comforting. Cheers to you
That was the 90s. Music held us together. Music held us all together.
Cheers to all
It doesn’t get any better
Lyrics
She calls me from the cold
Just when I was low
Feeling short of stable
All that she intends
And all she keeps inside
Isn't on the label
She says she's ashamed
Can she take me for a while?
Can I be a friend?
We'll forget the past
Or maybe I'm not able
And I break at the bend
We're here and now
Will we ever be again?
'Cause I have found
All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade
Away again
She dreams a champagne dream
Strawberry surprise
Pink linen on white paper
Lavender and cream
Fields of butterflies
Reality escapes her
She says that love
Is for fools that fall behind
And I'm somewhere between
I never really know
A killer from a savior
'Til I break at the bend
We're here and now
Will we ever be again?
'Cause I have found
All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade
Away again
It's too far away for me to hold
Too far away
It's too far away for me to hold
Too far away
Ah-ow
Yeah, it's too far away for me to hold
Too far away, ah-ow
It's too far away for me to hold
Too far away
It's too far away for me to hold
Too far away, ah-ow
It's too far away for me to hold
Too far away
Guess I'll let it go
Fonte: Musixmatch
Compositores: Carl Bell
Letra de Shimmer © Pener Pig Publishing, Songs Of Polygram Int., Inc.
Wow I loved the song before after ready the lyrics it really hits ya how perfectly this poem messes with the music on total emotional perfection
Thanks 🙏
Poetry ❤
I love the song, but I don't claim to truly know what it's about...
@@M0r32Lyfe his ex called him when he was forgetting her, but don’t want to go back with the relationship.
Sometimes I wonder.. What it must feel like to have the ability to express feelings so deep, so beautifully.. Are you aware at the moment, how many people, for how long, you are going to affect? What a timeless masterpiece. God bless the people that use his blessings to touch others souls. Hell.. I'm not even religious. Listen to me go. I told you I wAnder. Best of luck to all of you. Remember, lifes short. Enjoy it.
A reminder to lead singers everywhere.
You will not recreate the magic in a solo career no matter who is whispering in your ear.
Gwen Stefani
"She says that love / is for fools that fall behind"
That one line will forever associate this tune with 'that one girl'.
I wanted her. She loved it, but would always run away; maybe b/c what I brought scared her. I'd get over her (sorta), and then she'd come back into my orbit when whoever she was with/chasing didn't work out, but stayed "too far away for me to hold". And once we finally got together she did her best to make sure it wouldn't work.
And then it was over. Two years now.
"Guess I'll let it go...."
Im a 59 yr old female and this is 1 of my favorite bands. Wish they were still creating their magic ✌
This track holds a special place in my heart for someone I'll never get to see again💔
Me too
Understandable
Man…………feelings and nostalgia can be bittersweet.
Not true. You WILL see them again. It's definitely possible.
@@mr198221 maybe in heaven
I was able to see Fuel in a small dive bar in Fairfax, Virginia, I Love this band, the best songs weren't played on the radio.
It's like this era of musicians knew it was going to end, and they were the last of the greats but wouldn't be easily remembered except by us who were there.
1998 was the pinnacle of '90s alternative rock. Shimmer was the chief hit that year
Shimmer was up there but Iris dominated 1998. It spent a third of the year at number one.
I was born in 2005 but reading these comments gives me a sense of wanting to feel the nostalgia other people explain. I want it. I wish I lived in the 90s. damn.
Nostalgia is weird, it's getting sad from the thought of happy memories. Wait till you're 30, you will look back to being 15 and such. You are in the best years of your life right now and that's where the nostalgia will come later in life
@@Born2ShitForced2Wipe the “good ole days” are fluid and subjective. Depends on who you are talking to
@@joebeast15 Im speaking in general, most people in high school always complain about how they hate it and just want to hurry and be an adult but those are usually the best times of your life. When you have friends always around you and are carefree. I know everyone's situation but id says a large majority thinks like that. There's nothing better than being young and experiencing everything for the first time before you know it you're working everyday and never see the people you were once so close with.
@@Born2ShitForced2Wipe oh for sure. Getting older is both great and soul sucking. It sucks not seeing the people that were so important to you when you were younger. They become strangers with their own lives and their own concerns. It’s the way of things though.
Same as me
One of the most underrated bands of their time....
One of the best bands ever. I took my five-year-old to see them 20 years ago. He sat on his daddy’s shoulders and knew every song by heart. They signed our entire CD. It was the best day ever. I think this is my actual favorite band ever.
fuel shouldve been a bigger band then they were
Such an underrated band. All their songs are amazing!
My bro who passed away 2-14-19❤
Fuel is one of my favorite Bands ❤
@@emmarose4789 Why would you place a word that is composed of all capital letters in a sentence if it is not an acronym? That seems less THEN appropriate...correction denied!
So True
They definitely should have
16 years old and this song sounds like it was made yesterday.
16 years old and you look as gay as ever.
bob barker Speak for yourself junior
11 years old and feels like yesterday
xLazahx i meant the song being 16 years old.
xLazahx 17 years old back then and still one of my favourite songs
My mom used to crank this song in the car everywhere we went. Now every time I play it, it gives me a heart warming feeling that brings me back to those days.
Going back and really soaking in the lyrics of this and MANY songs from a lost era, these songs hit Soo much harder now.
August 2024, 36y/0
Been doing the same lately. And you are correct. Just hit so much harder now when you go back and listen. I read a quote recently that said "when you are happy you enjoy the melody, but when you're broken you understand the lyrics". That hit me at my core!
Jesus Christ I just got hit in the feels......I feel 17 again and going through a breakup....yet I’m happy in full nostalgia mode. I miss the 90s lol
"It's too far away for me to hold"
Bro..........I know
this song gives me the feels
Lol
The feels...really? Who are you? Justin Bieber?
taylor wolfgang lol I know exactly what you mean.
What the hell is the feels? New one on me.
Sonny Justin Bieber posted a photo of him and his girlfriend captioned "feels". Obviously, it doesn't make sense, but that kid has next to no education, so it's not a big surprise. Anyway, people starting using it to describe feeling sentimental or something. It's really stupid and annoying but people are sheep. I guess they don't mind sounding idiotic as well.
Still one of the greatest songs ever.
Waiting for the radio to play this was torture when your a 12 year kid not knowing the name of the band
Yes!!!
Yep
LMAO forreal
Big TRUE DAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep
Still better than 98 percent of music today.
By far. Millennials and Gen Z make shit music.
99%
@@ThatsRight1776 100%
Agreed.
No.
This is actually my all-time favorite song.
In my hands?
@@sainttrunks1982 fuel hemorrhage
Yeah I think it’s mine too. That into before the drums gets me everytime
Definitely one of mine as well.....
Came looking for this comment; same!!
Crazy how music takes you back so easily.
This is real talent! I’m seriously stuck in the 90’s. Don’t need tic tok dragging me down along with snap chat! Please let me sit in peace reading books, listening to amazing music! Thank you very much!! :)
Ahhhh when music didn't suck. Miss the 90's. Great times
There was something really grown up about alternative music in mid and late 90s and I miss it so much and wish we had it all over again. After this it became very juvenile with, blink 182, sum 41 and such, not that I didn't enjoy it but it becomes unrelated-able where this is timeless yet at the same time you know it's 90s. Love it, just love it especially since I can relate to this song completely.
+Chechin De La Rocha I love 90s alt rock! And this song is just wonderful.
Well put! I agree.
You hit the nail right on the head.
Sorry but Blink 182 sucks. Okay, maybe they don't completely suck, but they aren't great. You are looking at them emotionally because you remember them as a kid. Sum 41 was okay, but nothing spectacular.
+Henry TheGreatAmerican that's the whole deal brotha all these late 90s 00' bands were mediocre that's not to say they weren't talented and kinda groovy but all the same mediocre, once a genre peaks it gets watered down until u reach the current.
It sad that this song gets no airplay but it does for me it take a person to live thru what he sayin to appreciate it. im living thru it now my ex she doesnt believe in love but believe love from me but i gotta make the extra step but she has to first especially all the shit she put me thru here now will we be ever be again all i found all that shimmers in this world is sure to fade is to far away for me to hold but not to her.
One of my fav all time songs. My husband is sick of me asking him to play it on his guitar lol
aw I wish my husband could play I'd make him play it too lol
Well it's kinda hard on guitar so I can see why lol
Exactly what he said lol
That's nice lol*
Linda he should be honored;)